Honorary Canadians

Honorary Canadians

This room is dedicated to the artists who, while not born here, made a meaningful mark on Canadian music. Whether they came to record, perform, collaborate, or simply found inspiration on Canadian soil, these Honorary Canadians became part of the story. Some stayed briefly, others put down roots—but all contributed to the cultural fabric in unique ways. From one-off sessions to lasting legacies, this is a salute to the outsiders who felt right at home in Canada.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Ellen McIlwaine Sliding Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Zambonis* To Bleed Black and Gold (demo) To Bleed Black and Gold
Joe* Glazer It Could be a Wonderful World A Douglas For Me (picture sleeve)
Nelson* Riddle Victoria British Columbia Suite
Loni Gamble Nightime Kind of Love ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ode to Billie Joe Honky Tonk Angel
Buddy Knox Storm Clouds ST (mono)
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* I'm Gonna Love You Baby I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine I Want Whacha Got (Boston Song) Everybody Needs It
Priscilla* Rollins I Know Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Ellen McIlwaine Up From the Skies Honky Tonk Angel
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Black Eyes (Ship of) Amist the Black Eyes
Aarons And Ackley* Five O'Clock You And I
Nelson* Riddle The Route of the Haidas British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine In My Time of Dying Fear Itself
Sidewinders Gift to the Sun Flatfoot Hustlin'
Nelson* Riddle The Caribou British Columbia Suite
Jack Holland Waco The Eyes of a Dreamer
Nelson* Riddle Barkerville British Columbia Suite
Albert Jones* Hussle Disco The Facts of Life
Zambonis* Cool Shots (Theme Song) To Bleed Black and Gold
Country Mcdonald Joe* Forward War War War
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Lady's Dream And I Love Her
Ellen McIlwaine You May be All I Need Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Jakiv Came to Visit Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ursa Major* In My Darkest Hour ST
Oscar* McLollie So Pleasing Loving You So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Country Mcdonald Joe* The Munition Maker War War War
Ellen McIlwaine Nothing Left to be Desired Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Honky Tonk Angel
Ellen McIlwaine Danger Zone Everybody Needs It
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* You're My Honey I'm a Song
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Honky Tonk Angel
Sidewinders I Like Your Stuff Flatfoot Hustlin'
Aarons And Ackley* You And I You And I
Oscar* McLollie Blues in Nova Scotia (Oscar McLollie) ST
Ellen McIlwaine Lover's Lane Ellen McIlwaine
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Boots Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ellen McIlwaine Losing You Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Honky Tonk Angel
Ernie* Smith Freedom To Behold Jah
Matt Lucas* New Orleans Woman Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Deep South Evening Light Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Priscilla* Rollins Mama You Treat Your Daughter Mean Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra And I Love Her And I Love Her
Buddy Knox Don't Make Me Cry ST
Ellen McIlwaine We the People We the People
Exponians The Look of Love Wicked Woman My Peaceful World
Ellen McIlwaine Farther Along We the People
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Skareggae
Jonathan Edwards Girl from the Canyon Sailboat
Ellen McIlwaine Weird of Hermiston Honky Tonk Angel
Happy Dolls Sweet Gypsy Rose Show Album No. 1
Ernie* Smith Don't Down Me Now To Behold Jah
Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* Just a Few Words I'm a Song
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Respect You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)
Zambonis* The Hockey Song Playoff Fever
Priscilla* Rollins Letter to Mommy & Daddy Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* Verkhovyna Our Liitle World Ukrainian Pops
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* A Hanging Apple Висить Ябко Ukrainian Pops
Cal* Bostic The Darkest Hour (Cal Bostic) Introducing...
Oscar* McLollie As Long As You Care at All So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All
Kyiv Pops Orchestra* O Moon Do Not Shine Ukrainian Pops
Oscar* McLollie The Way You Do the Things You Do ST
Sidewinders Time For Loving Flatfoot Hustlin'
Earl Lett (Professor Lett and Study) Street Girl Love Serenade
Ellen McIlwaine Hang On to a Dream Everybody Needs It
Ellen McIlwaine The Last Good Man in My Life Ellen McIlwaine
Ellen McIlwaine Bow'd Up Fear Itself
Matt Lucas* The Last Song Matt Gets Blue
David Amram Summer Nights, Winter Rain Summer Nights, Winter Rain
Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* Bukovynian Dance Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection
Ernie* Smith Bend Down Low Skareggae
Priscilla* Rollins Softer Moments Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Oscar* McLollie Chilliwack Valley B.C. (Oscar McLollie) ST
Aarons And Ackley* Take Me Home ST
Tommy Makem Vancouver Vancouver b/w Better Times
Ellen McIlwaine For Suki Fear Itself
Albert Jones* Every Little Thing That I Do The Facts of Life
Priscilla* Rollins Sad Movies Lover's Choice Vol. 1
Happy Dolls Pick Up the Pieces Show Album No. 1
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra I See Your Face Before Me And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Gospel Medley: Swing Low Chariot; Amen; Michael Row Your Boat Ashore; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands Amist the Black Eyes
Tony McManus Donal Og - The Lea Rig The Maker's Mark (The Dream Guitar Sessions)
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Country Feelin' Amist the Black Eyes
Nelson* Riddle The Okanagan British Columbia Suite
Ellen McIlwaine Toe Hold Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ursa Major* Liberty and Justice ST
Jack Millman and the Tempo Orchestra Like Some One In Love And I Love Her
Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* Givin' Up the Man I Love Amist the Black Eyes
Yukon* Nova Scotia Nova Scotia b/w Genius
Ellen McIlwaine Wings of a Horse Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Ellen McIlwaine Underground River We the People
Ellen McIlwaine I Don't Want to Play Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Aarons And Ackley* Could Have Had Anything You And I
Ellen McIlwaine Wade in the Water Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years
Oscar* McLollie Help Me Make It Through the Night ST
Ursa Major* Lay Me Down ST
Ellen McIlwaine Ain't No Two Ways To It (It's Love) We the People
Zambonis* The Greatest Season To Bleed Black and Gold

Ridni Naspivy Ensemble* - Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

Kyiv, 🇺🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

The Revelaires* - Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸 → Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - Matt Gets Blue

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

Ursa Major* - ST

New York, New York, U.S.A.

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Ellen McIlwaine

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel

Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸 → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸 → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Everybody Needs It

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - We the People

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself

Nashville, Tennessee, USA → Kobe, Japan → Atlanta, Georgia → Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, USA → Montréal, Québec → Toronto, Ontario → Calgary, Alberta, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Country Mcdonald Joe* - War War War

Washington, DC, USA

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Amist the Black Eyes

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - You Belong to Me b/w Respect (picture sleeve)

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Shirley Granger (Shirley Fay Lewis)* - Shirley Lewis Show Band

Sicklerville, New Jersey, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Newton, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Kristine Sparkle (Christine Holmes)* - I'm a Song

Birmingham, England, UK→Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Cal* Bostic - Introducing...

Anniston, Alabama, 🇺🇸→Port Arthur, Ontario, 🇨🇦→Erie, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Aarons And Ackley* - ST

Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸 (Jim Ackley); Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸 (Chuck Aarons) - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Matt Lucas* - The Old Man b/w I'm Movin' On

Memphis, Tennessee, USA → London, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Tommy Makem - Vancouver b/w Better Times

Keady, County Armagh, Northern Ireland → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸 → Vancouver, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Dover, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - ST

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - Chilliwack Valley b/w She's a Child

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Oscar* McLollie - So Pleasing Loving You b/w As Long As You Care at All

Caldwell County, Louisiana → Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸 → Chilliwack, British Columbia, 🇨🇦 → Oakland, California, 🇺🇸

David Amram - Summer Nights, Winter Rain

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸*

FEATURED

Bluebird* - Country Boy Blues b/w A Good Thing Lost

Mercer Island, Washington, 🇺🇸

FEATURED

Loni Gamble - ST

Philadelphia, 🇺🇸 - Montréal, Québec, 🇨🇦

Dave Gordon & Kay* - I Love That Hockey Team b/w The Fiddler's Widow

Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

FEATURED

Albert Jones* - The Facts of Life

Gary, Indiana, 🇺🇸 - Toronto, Ontario, 🇨🇦

FEATURED

Alpha Centauri - ST

Priscilla* Rollins - Lover's Choice Vol. 1

Nassau, Bahamas - Toronto, Ontario

Ukrainian Folk Dance Collection

You're So Wrong b/w She Wears My Ring

Great Pretender b/w Cab Driver

The Revelaires (3)

The Revelaires (2)

The Revelaires

The Revelaires You're So Wrong (1)

The Revelaires Great Pre (1)

Matt Gets Blue

ST

Ursa Major - ST Side 2

Ursa Major - ST Side 1

Ursa Major - ST BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Honky Tonk Angel

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 02

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel LABEL 01

Ellen McIlwaine - Honky Tonk Angel BACK

Ellen McIlwaine

Up From The Skies: The Polydor Years

Everybody Needs It

We the People

Fear Itself

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - Fear Itself (5)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (8)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (7)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (6)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (4)

Ellen McIlwaine - ST (3)

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